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1423.—Hever Castle. (From an Original Sketch)
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
Anne Bullen [Anne Boleyn] behaved throughout the whole affair with the utmost prudence. Shehad determiend to be the king’s wife, not his mistress; and from that determnation ensued events, the import [...]
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castles, cattle, sheep, animals, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
Places shown:
Hever; Kent; England
Added: 2008-03-03
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On the Serpentine
The Circling Year (1870)
A night-time Winter scene in Victorian London: it’s the Serpentine lake in Hyde Park, and it’s frozen over with ice. People are skatin, carrying burning torches to light their way; in the foreground a [...]
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christmas, xmas, ice, winter, holidays, skating, bridges, crowds, torchlight, roast chestnuts, people, trees, lakes, rivers, colour
Places shown:
Hyde Park; London; England
Added: 2018-06-09
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XV.—Scala Regia, House of Lords.
Monumental Architecture (1910)
Monumental Architecture. XV.—Scala Regia, House of Lords. Sir John Soane, Architect.The Scala Regia is the ante-room and gallery (corridor) at the House of Lords in Westminster; Sir John Soane design [...]
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interiors, ceilings, windows, entrances, stairs, steps, neoclassical, architecture, greyscale
Places shown:
Westminster; London; England
Added: 2005-08-17
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Baronial hall, Penshurst Place
Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans (1915)
“On the left are the buttery and the kitchens and, separated from the stone passage by a screen of carved oak panels, is the Great Hall, the glory and wonder of the castle, with its open timber roof, [...]
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interiors, fireplaces, manors, furniture, colour
Places shown:
Penshurst; Kent; England
Added: 2003-03-12
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1532.—Interior of the Beauchamp Tower
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
The Beauchamp Tower in the Tower of London; the tower was built in the thirteenth century during the reign of King Edward I. It’s named after Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, who was imprisoned ther [...]
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castles, interiors, windows, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
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London
London; England
Added: 2005-08-17
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1675.—North side of the Priory Cloisters, Christ’s Hospital.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
Christ’s Hospital is a charity-funded boarding school founded in the sixteenth century and still open today. It’s also known as the bluecoat school because of the school uniformMy father (Eric Quin) w [...]
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buildings, exteriors, acrches, doors, schools, children, boys, people, windows, chimneys, greyscale
Places shown:
Horsham; Essex; England
Added: 2018-01-30
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1731.—Gray’s Inn Hall.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
oGray’s Inn Hall (Fig. 1731) is superior to that of Lincoln’s Inn or the Inner temple, and little inferior to the Middle Temple Hall. Its chief architectural attractions are its timber roof, carved w [...]
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interiors, halls, windows, ceilings, rafters, greyscale
Places shown:
London; England
Added: 2007-08-22
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Dudley Street – Seven Dials
London (1872)
Children play in this crowded street; they are dressed in rags and mostly barefoot.The peculiar character of these streets, and the close resemblance each one bears to its neighbour, by no means tends [...]
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poverty, people, streets, children, bare feet, houses, misery, dickens, greyscale
Places shown:
London; England
Added: 2010-07-31
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1805.—Arthur’s Show.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
The engraving shows the interior of a large tent or pavillion, with a banner readingSocitie of Prince Arthurhanging from the ceiling, festooned with a garland. There is a round table and, in the front [...]
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archery, weapons, events, soldiers, contests, gaming, gluttony, monks, people, costumes, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale
Places shown:
Mile End; London; England
Added: 2012-12-05
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The Tower of London
The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878)
A woodcut showing a diagram of the Tower of London and its surringings. There are boats and conttages, battlements and towers, with the keep in the middle of it all.The letters annotating various par [...]
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castles, diagrams, battlements, towers, boats, ships, moats, greyscale
Places shown:
London
London; England
Added: 2009-02-11
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The Tower Of London Castle Diagram (wallpaper version)
The National and Domestic History of England (Vol 2) (1878)
A version ofThe Tower of London woodcutwith the borders and letters removed (and stretched vertically by about 5%) to make a cool wallpaper.
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wallpaper, backgrounds, castles, towers, battlements, boats, water, moats, greyscale
Places shown:
London
London; England
Added: 2009-02-11
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Waltham Abbey Whipping-Posts and Stocks.
Bygone Punishments (1931)
The Anglo-Saxons whipped prisoners with a whip of three cords, knotted at the end. It was not an uncommon practice for mistresses to whip, or have their servants whipped, to death. William of Malmesbu [...]
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stocks, punishments, greyscale
Places shown:
Waltham; Essex; England
Added: 2006-01-08
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